Toy



A. D. CONVERSE TOY Sept. 25 1923, 1,468,993

Filed May 14 1921 Be it known that I,' ATHE TON AT umor? n oo'uvnnsn orf'wrncrrnnnon, irassaonusn s Application filed Mayhem. Serial-No. 469,420. I 1;

To all whom itmaig concernivnnsn a citizen'of the United States, and

resident of ltlinchendom :the' county of Worcester andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new [and useful Improve-l" ments inToys, ofwhichtlie cfollowing isia V specification.

" ftoys known, as rocking horses. -V I The primary ob ect of th s nvent on is to j.

in toys and more particularly devise a toy of the class. described 'whichwill be collapsibleand capable of occupying the minimum amountof space for convenience,

inshipping and yet'which niay be readily and quickly-set up to form-fa rigidstructure;

l'V-ith theseand other obgects n view the invention consists inprovidinga baseportion supported upon uprightsgca r'rying swingswhich in turn support standards upon wh ch the bod'yof the horse is mounted; The up-' rights attachedto the frame are so constructed that they mayffold" inwardly alongslde of the longitudinals of the framemembers to occupy no more'space than the latter.-

I swings, so 'that'when the horse. is detached from the standards,' the block and standard 'may be folded parallel to thellongitudinals and between theplanesof the top and bottom thereof, which produces a most compact arrangement. i V

In the drawings: r r H r p Figure 1 .1s a side elevation of thepreferred form of my invention set up 'The lower end of uprights-3 extends belowthe lower edge of members 1 andthe entire structure.-

supports Additional braces 17 are provided attached to both lo-ngitu'dinals 1 and uprights 3, pivotedjbetween its ends in the ordinary manner of braces of this construction,"which" 3 insures thecparts D. Gone 0 the class of;

vided havin b right position;

; {Pivotedto the u'p'per inner I" ace fof in'em-t f hers 3 are swings-5 ofcs1' bsta-ntially ilfshape "Supports 6; shown to consist'ot squarebloeks of a'length 'correspondingfto the width of g nembers-5, are eachprovidedwith alongi-j 1 V V a v tudinal recess 7 on'fthefunder side thereof, i This invention relates toan improvement which is adapted to receive the horizontal portion of the -swing, said swing bein'g se A cured therein by meansjof plates 8.

Standards 9 in the forni'ofcposts arese- Suit-able holes 1 are which when aligned" and a {bolt-2 orf suitablefor children of various ages;

Thehorse body "11? is preferably flat f order to oCcupylittle space when knocked down; Thesaddlelt, which'consistsipref- V v,era-blyof a piecelof wojodorthelike 'f a p p "greater widthathan the The standards supporting the horse proper are mounted uponblocks, carried in the removable forthe' same reason. ,Agrea-dlly removable foot rest adaptedjto rest on longitudinals 1 to actias a partialsupportior the ride yjand also-to give't- V swinglng; 7

purchase in order to secure the motion of galloping horseQ H for shipment oristorage, thebolt'sor pins 13 are removed andfthelhorse' bodyftaken from thejstandards; The kuprightsfi [are then V J jio'lded down between the longitudinals, the of-the device in i block carried bythe Swin taking a 'position" v in'proximity tortlie end pieces 2, thegstandf i V V of the toy? The saddle is removed'fromthefhorse and.

ardsextending toward, the, center the latter placed on top ofthe frame. It

[willthus be seenthat the entire height-oi the folded article Will be the heigh'toithelongi l tudinals plus thethiclmess of the horse bodyl Various modifications will occur to those.

skilled in this art and may bepracticed withtion; v WhatI claim'i'sL I Ato of the character described compris ing a rame consisting of two spacedeparfl I- 1 f1: member's, two uprights plvotally' connected I pro-51 7 passed therehrough, secures tne 'horse'to the base at any desired -elevation,- naaki'ng the-toy:

horse body,

n sins-: cleats 16 transversely thereon out departing m r epim 9f my arena cured to {blocks (i-fin" suitable man er 1 ,andare adgustably socketedin{members-21'01 j When it is desired to on this toy sine";

to each end of said frame, swinging memthe frame members, said swinging members bers carried by said 7 uprlghts, standards belng foldable between the uprights, so that r mounted on-said swinging members, a child said-standards will occupy a position cen 10 supporting body carried by said standards, traily and longitudinallyof said frame. said child supporting body being readily In testimony whereof, I afix' my signature. removable from said standards, said, up-

rights being 'foidable downwardly between ATHERTON D; CONVERSE. I 

